Burning, aching, pinching, stabbing — no matter how it takes hold, pain can quickly put the brakes on an otherwise productive day. Estimates are that 20% of the population of the United States lives with chronic pain. And 8% live with "high-impact chronic pain." Couple this with an opioid epidemic that has doctors rethinking their strategies for prescribing the most effective pain medications, and...
Although we've come a long way from the days when no one thought it was a real disease, we still have a long way to go in terms of treatment. Fibromyalgia pain is an increasingly common form of chronic pain that can leave those with the disease in a seemingly endless limbo of uncertainty and anguish. Current treatment options are limited, so many people are left struggling to function with the condition....